Tailor s pressing-machine



(No Model) 2Sheets-Sheet '1.

AI VARNEY.

-- M., TAILORS PRESSING MACHINE.

N0. 322,217. Patented July 14,1885.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFEIQE.

AI VARNEY, OF NEW MARKET, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

TAILORS PRESSING-MACH -INE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,217, dated July 14, 1885. Application filed September 13, 1880. (No model.)

, companying drawings, and to the letters or .figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of ironing-machines in which the pressure of the sad-iron upon the material being pressed is regulated by means of a, series of foot and hand levers; and the invention consists in the special construction of devices for adjusting the goose-arms at their point of connection with the main rocking lever, as hereinafter more fully describedand claimed.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved ironing apparatus. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the operatinglevers. Fig. 4 is a top view of the supporting-stand with sad-iron and operating arms or levers. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views showing the method of attaching the goose-arms to the main rocking lever, and Figs. 7 and 8 are detail sectional views showing the manner of securing the goose-handle to its operatingarm.

A represents the table, which is provided with suitable end supports, a a, united by the braces or bars a a. 0n the top of this table, at its front side, is arranged the ironing-board B, which is secured at its la ger end to the slotted cross-bar b, so as to be adjustable to various heights by means of the pivoted cross-supports c c d, the double supports a a being also pivoted together through the lug c at the bottom, and through a slot in the bar I) at their upper ends, while the support d is pivoted to the bar I), at the top, and works in a rack, b, at the bottom. The board Bis adjustably supported at its smaller end by the cross-bar 6, between the standards f f, the bar e being adjustable to the required height by the screws 9 g g, passing through it and the top bar, h, one of said screws also serving to steady the board. The top of the table is recessed at its rear side to receive the double supports 0 O, which are secured thereto by screws. These supports are formed into lugs at the top, which furnish a bearing for the pivot i'of the main connecting-lever D, and are also formed into similar lugs at the bottom that provide a bearing for the bell crank lever E, beneath the table. These levers D E are connected by the yokes ZZ, so as to cause them to move together, and the lever E is pivoted at its forward end to the rod F, which is in turn journaled to the treadle G, the latter being pivoted to the lugs m m on the rear bar a, and working between the guides or n on the front bar a. To this treadle is attached a rope or cord which passes over a'pulley secured to the under side of the table, and carries at its end asuitable weight.

On the upper end of the main lever D, at its frontside, are formed two lugs or bearings, 7t k, for the vertical shaft H, which also passes through bearings in the end of the main goose arm or lever I. The shaft His hollow at its upper end, and is provided internally with screw-threads for the reception of the thumb-screw K, which has upon its shaft a collar, is. This screw is kept in place by the yoke Z, against which the collar .k abuts. A washer or ring, 19, surrounds the shaft H, between the lugs or bearings on the ends of the arm I, and is secured to the shaft by a pin, so that as the shaft is raised or lowered by turning the thumb-screw Kit carries with it the arms or levers I J and the sad-ironL attached thereto. The curved lever or arm J 'is pivoted. to the arm I and provided with a stop, r, that prevents its backward rotation on said arm. On the outer end of the arm J is a lug or enlarge ment through an orifice in which passes the loosely-fitting pin 8, the rounded end of which is perforated or slotted for the reception of the pin 15, forming part of the goose-handle.

This pin t passes loosely through the sleeve a and head of the pin 8, and unites the goose or sad-ironL and its handle to the lever J in such a manner that the iron may be readily turned in any required direction. The hollow sad-iron is provided with a small door'at one end, and is thus adapted to be heated by slugs in the usual manner.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: The board B having been adjusted to the required height by means of the screws 9 g g at one end and the cross-supports c c d at the other, and the material to be pressed being placed thereon, the heated sad-iron is adjusted to the desired height by turning the thumb -screw K, which, engaging with the internally-threaded hollow shaft H, raises or depresses the arms I J, to which the said iron is attached. While the cloth or other material is being pressed, it will be observed that, owing to the flexible connection of the sadiron with the lever J and the adjustability of the various parts of the apparatus, the iron may be readily moved in any desired direction with perfect facility, and the degree of its pressure upon the material varied instantaneously from time to time, as required, by pressure of the operators foot upon the treadle G, which pressure is immediately relaxed upon removal of the foot by means of the weight ed cord attached to the treadle.

I am aware that in ironing-machines as heretofore constructed means have been provided for vertically adjusting the goose carrying arms independent ofthe rocking lever to which they are attached, and therefore I do not claim such adjustment broadly.

In Storrs Patent, No. 20,519, dated June 8, 1858, the jointed goose-arms are adjustably attached to the rocking lever by means of an externally-threaded pivot that passes through lugs on said lever and through a screw-threaded aperture in the end of one of the jointed arms. In patent to Galley, No. 24,929, August 2, 1859, the arm is adjusted vertically by turning an externally-threaded sleeve that passes through a screw-threaded aperture in the end of the arm, the sleeve being arranged to rotate on a vertical shaft having shoulders to pre This I am also aware of the patent to Howe, No. I

119,708, dated October 10, 1871, which, however, does not embrace any means of vertically adjusting the goose-arm independent of the movement of the rocking lever to which it is connected.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a tailors pressing-machine, the combination, with the rocking lever D, having lugs is k at its upper end, and the goosearm I, having attachinglugs, of the vertically-adjustable pivot-shaft H, having a smooth external surface and provided'at its upper end with internal screw -threads, the washer 19, secured to the external surface of said shaft between the lugs on arm I, and the thumb-screw K, having collar is and yoke Z, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

.AI VARNEY.

WVitn esses:

ALVIN W. KELSEY, CHARLES VARNEY. 

